Improved hose-shield



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To ALL WHOM 1T MAY CONCERNQ Be it known that I, JOILN A. HASE, of thecity and county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented a. new and useful Improvement inHose-Shields; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full and exact description thereof,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the lettersofreference marked thereon. A

' The natnre of my invention'consists of a. portable hose-shield, whichhas a foot-way between the sectional rails, for the car-horses to walkover.' The shield is constructed in sections, for convenience inhandling and conveying it from one part ofthe city to another.

, The construction and operation will beunderstood by the followingdescription. In'the accompanying drawings, .which maken part of thisspecication- '.Fgnre'lisaplan of the'improv'e'd shield.

Fig-flare 2 isa vertical section of the same.

Figure 3 is aside"elevzitionf Figurer! is a. cross-section at the redline z :c of fig. l1.

` Like lettex'slinall theligures indicate the'same parts. Y

I havel epresented'the' shield as' composed of three sections, so as tobe conveniently handled and moved vfrom one part of the city'to another.Themriddle section A, and the end sections B'B,Va.re confined togetherbymeans oi hooks and eyes a and a', as represented in figs.. 1 and 3.Each section has thick side pieces b b, which have grooves c @as seenin`iig. 4to receive the edges ol' the floor C, which is confined betweenthe side pieccsby'nienns of bolts passing througheach', thebolts being`provided with headed andnuts e, as represented in the drawings; or thelside piece'sllmayl'be confined to the edges ofthe iioor by means ofnails or screws. There are cross-pieccsf beneath the licor, whichfgivesupport to it. On the `upper side 'there are cleats, g, which pre. vontthe slipping ofthe feet of-thecarhorscs as the Vlutter pass over-thissectional road.v The sid'efpiec'es b b of.

'eachsccti'on have cross-grooves, z,thronghrtheir bottoni edges, forhose to pnssthrough, there being any conY venient number, inaccommode-tion tlc-different hose companies. There are rebates z' 1,'inthe lower edges ofsaid l side pieces, as soon inigs. Send 4, whichrest npon the rails of the railway, to give lateral support to theshield.

dey OfJtly, 1867.

The object of the floor C isfto protect the hose fronithe feet of'the'horses, and to receive the weight ofthe lattei', to keep the shieldin plnlcfv` What I claim as my invention, is-' :y l The combination ofthe leolfor toot-wayCwith the side piecesb b of asectional hose-bridge,constructed substantial-Iy jas-described. v

In testimony that the above is my inventiomI have hereunto set my handand axed my seal, this ninth JOHN A. HAASE. [n e] Witnesses JOHN WHITE,STEPHEN Usrrcx,

